May 12, 2024 | Dave McGinley
Passage: Mark 9:14-24
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law." Galatians 5:22-23
Faithfulness is the Greek word πίστις (“pistis”).
"So now faith, hope, and love abide," 1 Corinthians 13:13
FAITH and FAITHFULNESS ARE one word in the Bible.
The opposite of FAITHFULNESS is not DOUBT but FORGETFULNESS.
God’s faithfulness is rooted in Christ’s work.
Forgetfulness happens in competing narratives
“You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.” Deuteronomy 11:18
FAITHFULNESS consumes God’s promises through His Word.
“You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.” Deuteronomy 11:19
Faithfulness speaks God’s promises at all times.
Forgetfulness happens in isolation.
“You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,” Deuteronomy 11:20
Faithfulness points us back to Christ.
“Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!” Mark 9:24
“The word for unbelief is the Greek word “apistia” from where we get the word “apostasy.”
“Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.” 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
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